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ifENTERTAINMENT Sunday. October 16, 1994 the Journal Times P3 dhor. Rob Smith What does average movie cost? Ml HOCSA's years ago? I have a bet with my sister she says he was never on a soap opera. South Bend, Ind. You win big.

Bloom played Dustin Donovan on "As the World Turns." In fact, he was nominated for a daytime Emmy for that role in '83. Can you please tell me how Dave Coulter of "Full House" pronounces his name? Topeka, Kan. As he says it, it is Cool-yay. I've waited years to ask about this old movie. As I recall, It was Three questions: How much does It cost to make the average movie today? Who are your favorite actors (male and female) working today? Finally, have you ever had a question you couldn't answer? Sherman, Texas Three answers: The cost of movies ranges widely, from a low of about a million for a quickie to the $30 million to $40 million range for a blockbuster.

My favorite actors are Nick Nolte and Meryl Streep. And, yes, I've been stumped often. For example, someone asked me if Tom Mix was left-handed or right-handed, and I haven't been able to find out. called 50 Contradict 53 Upright 54 Before Bend or Seas 55 Heavyweight's reward 56 Surfeit 58 Seagoing officers 59 out supplements 61 Bouquet 64 Author Stoker 65 Sedate 66 Flavor 67 the bill" 68 Egyptian cross 69 Fringe benefit 70 Pith helmet 71 Indian lute 74 Basque topper 77 Shore regions: Var. 78 Burden 80 More pallid 83 Dub 84 Portal 85 Perplexed 86 Segment 88 Co-anchor Dan 89 Pierre's idea 91 Singer Johnny 93 Break down 94 Solution strength, to chemists 95 Thoroughfare 96 "My one and" 97 Native American 98 come a long way" 99 Tunisian port 100 One gender 101 Vehicle on runners 103 "Ben rlur" author Wallace 105 Govt loan 106" Sylphides" 14 Captivate 1 5 Heavenly body 16 Furrows 17 "It suits me to" 18 Blackbird 24 Sprites 26 Homeless child 29 Egyptian deity 32 Time segment 33 Author Gardner 34 Investigation 35 Rustic 36 Up for discipline? 38 Bill of fare 39 Filbert domicile? 40 Made a booboo 41 Poker ploy 43 Ins' counterparts 44 Catcalls 47 Photo colorant 48 Hill dwellers 76 Egyptian snakes? 77 Pre-leaping exercise 79 Author Bom beck 80 Fall mo.

81 Resident of: Suffix 82 Blackout condition? 86 Plant part 87 Debris 90 Observe 91 "In the Mood" maestro 92 Hubbubs 93 Ermine, in August 94 Far Eastern weight 95 Fan 98 Spin 99 TV shows 102 Sentry situation? 104Pelota rebound? 107Lotion ingredient 108 Mason's tool 1 09 Puppeteer Lewis Robert 111 Colorist 112 Native of Stockholm 113 Reed instruments, colloquially 114 Colorful Cincinnatians DOWN 1 In the past 2 Chips off the old block 3 London gallery 4 114 Across, for example 5 Shrill shout 6 Prickle 7 Mythical birds 8 Sacred chest 9 Sweet finale 10 Eisenhower Center city 11 Ancient Nile city 1 2 Eight, in Essen 13 Old card game Pa "Sergeant Murphy." It was about a horse, taken Into the cavalry, and his owner, who joined to get It back. I swear the character was played by Ronald Reagan. Was DICK KLEINER Columnist am writing In regards to Larry Parks, who played At Jolson in "The Jolson Story" and "Jolson Sings Again." Did he appear In any other movies? I was told he committed suicide because he was typecast and couldn't get any roles after the Jolson movies. True? Kalamazoo, Mich. Not true, although he has passed away.

He made many other movies after his Jolson impersonations. And he died of a heart attack. Can you tell me If Ben Savage of "Boy Meets World" Is related to Fred Savage of "The Wonder North Haven, Conn. Yes, I can. and I will.

They are brothers. I bought a doll about 38 years ago for my daughter. I was told the baby doll was Mr. Peepers' baby. I remember the man's name on that show was Wilcox.

No one seems to remember the program. Do you remember that program? Groves, Texas Yes, very well. It was one of TV's first (and some say, best) sitcoms. The star's name, which you have pleasantly mangled, was Wally Cox. But it gave a start to such fine actors as Tony Randall and Jack Warden.

went to see "No, No, Nanette, with Nanette Fabray, Gavin MacLeod and Kaye Baiiard. Miss Fabray was great singing and dancing. How old is she? MacLeod, from "Love Boat," was great, too. And Kay Ballard I remember her from "Laugh-In." Garden Grove, Calif. A fine cast.

Nanette Fabray is singing and dancing at 74, which is pretty remarkable. You have mixed-up Kaye Ballard with someone else, because she was never on "Laugh-In." Besides a lot of Broadway work, she was on TV, with Eve Arden, in the series "The Mothers-ln-Law." (Send your questions to: Ask Dick Kleiner, co Newspaper Enterprise Association, 200 Park New York, N.Y. 10166.) ABOUT PLACE" By Harvey Chew ACROSS 1 The Charles' pooch 5 Valuable violin, for short 10" of Two Cities" 15 Baby carriage 19 Billy or nanny 20 Task 21 "Bring home the" 22 Olden days instrument 23 Martini style? 25 Lobsters' destination? 27 Purveyors or Peter 28 Word for level or infinitive 30 Gretel's companion 31 Popular name in Wales 32 Bounds 33 Clinton's waterway 34 Temporarily 37 Historic Algerian port 38 More cunning 42 Alphabet characters 43 Annie's eye direction? 45 Gunners' gp. 46 Table scraps 47 Tightly drawn 49 City on the Oka 50 Adriatic seaport 51 Scrooge's word 52 Place for cleaning fluid? 56 Heredity factors 57. Atmospheric forces 60 Awaken 61 Refer to 62 Maugham's "and Ale" 63 A continent, for short 64 Voice abroad 65 Old Greek coin 67 "Just the ma'am" 69 Remonstration: 72 Biblical weeds 73 Comaneci's balance locale? 75" polloi" Will you please tell me If the Jim Cummins, who Is an NBC reporter, Is the same Jim Cummins who lived in Greensboro, N.C., about 25 years ago? He was a salesman at that time.

Winston-Salem, N.C. No. Cummins says he never lived in North Carolina. My grandson told me that, back In the '70s, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart starred in a movie that featured naked women. I told him those two guys would never be In that kind of movie.

My grandson said the movie was called "The Cheyenne Club." Areata, Calif. Close, but not exactly. The two co-starred in "The Cheyenne Social Club" in '70, about a bawdy house, but there was no real nudity. Shirley Jones and Sue Ane Langdon were the featured fine female figures. saw the movie "Rio Bravo," with John Wayne and Angie Dickinson.

Then, recently, I saw "El Dorado, also with Wayne and a different leading lady. The story was the same, as far as I can remember. Only the name and the characters were changed. Am I dreaming? Vicksburg, Miss. That was no dream.

"El Dorado" was a sequel to "Rio Bravo." My 5-year-old's Idol is Brian Bloom of the show "Bandit. Wasn't he on a soap opera many It his first? Roseburg, Ore. "Sergeant Murphy," which came out in '38, starred Reagan and Murphy. But it wasn't our ex-president's first movie; he had made "Love Is in the Air" in '37. Recently I watched Richard Todd In "The Virgin Queen." Is he still living? Who played his wife in the film "A Man Called Peter, and what year was it made? To settle a family battle did Todd ever play Robin Hood? Minden, Nev.

Todd is still living. The leading lady in "A Man Called Peter" ('55) was Jean Peters. Todd never played Mr. Hood. Elijah Wood is my all-time favorite actor.

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'Hightmare' scares off '3 Tenors' 1 Associated Press A Sister Mary David DeFeo, left, and Mother Marlon weigh cheese curds as they prepare a 750-pound batGh of Gouda. The nuns, who completely support their monastery selling cheese, make a new batch every 10 days. GOUDA LIFE How it's done Billboard magazine From Page I MP ifpfrri When the cheese comes out of the press for the final time, it soaks for 24 hours in brine "saltier than the Dead Sea," as Sister Barbara puts it. Each batch produces about 750 pounds of gouda, which is cured for about Vk weeks in the barn's refrigerated rooms and waxed in the traditional red covering. A black-and-gold foil label designed by one of the sisters depicts the monastery bell tower.

The other days of the sisters' lives are spent marketing and shipping the cheese and taking care of their brick monastery and grounds at the base of Pigeon Top Mountain. They intersperse work with seven daily sessions of hymns, meditation, psalms and prayer. over the waist-high vat, cutting the curd and putting blocks of it in the hoops, which are lined with fine nets. "We wear the habit to hide our bulging muscles," says Sister Mary David. Two sisters weigh each hoop, adding or removing curd.

The rest of the sisters put the lids on the hoops, draining a little more whey off. The sisters load the hoops into a pneumatic press, where they are pressed for 30 minutes. When the hoops are unloaded, the light-yellow substance in the bowls has knitted into what looks like cheese for the first time. Journal Times wire services 'Avalanche' Nov. 1 on Fox: Michael Gross, Deanna Milligan and David Hasselhoff star in "Avalanche," a TV movie airing Nov.

1 on Fox. The thriller is about a family fighting to escape almost certain death when an avalanche leaves them trapped in a mountain cabin with a dangerous killer. The two-hour movie airs at 7 p.m. as "Fox's Tuesday Night Movie." CBS series for Don Johnson: CBS has given Don Johnson a 22-episode commitment to star in a series presumably for next season. The 22-episode commitment marks a change in course for CBS, which has tried to dole out six-episode commitments for the past two seasons, angering many producers.

A CBS spokeswoman declined comment on the report, as did Johnson's spokesman, Elliot Mintz. The project would be Johnson's first TV series since starring in NBC's MTV-inspired hit "Miami Vice," which ran from fall 1984 through summT 1989. Scramble for affiliates: Capital CiiesABC is shelling out $155 million to fend off a possible run by NBC on affiliate WJRT in Flint, a low-dial VHF station. The company will purchase WJRT as well as WTVG in Toledo, Ohio, from SJL Broadcasting for $155 million. WTVG is an NBC affiliate.

NBC has been without an affiliate in Flint, the nation's 60th largest market, since former affiliate WNEM joined CBS under a deal with owner Meredith Corp. Tales from the Far Side': CBS will air "Tales from the Far Side," a 30-minute Halloween special featuring parodies of classic horror stories plus favorite characters based on the Gary Larson comic. The special will air Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. see Million Dollar Babies': Beau Bridges and Kate Nelligan star in "Million Dollar Babies," a two-part, four-hour miniseries airing Nov.

20 and Nov. 22 on CBS. The story is based on the real-life Dionne quintuplets, the first known surviving quintuplets In history. IARRY Invitation turned down SALES 1. "The Nightmare Before Christmas," (Touchstone) 2.

"The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994," (AVision) 3. "Sleepless In Seattle," (Columbia TriStar) 4. "D2: The Mighty Ducks," (Disney) 5. "Beethoven's 2nd," (MCA-Universal) 6. "Kiss: Kiss My A-," (PolyGram) 7.

"Hondo," (MPI) 8. "Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: LaToya Jackson," (Playboy) 9. "Yannl: Live at the Acropolis," (BMG) 10. "Beastle Boys: Sabotage," (Capitol) 11. "Playboy: Wet Wild The Locker Room," (Playboy) 12.

"Thumbellna," (Warner) 13. "Penthouse: 25th Anniversary Pet of the Year Spectacular (AVision) 14. "An Affair to Remember," (Fox) 15. "3 Chains of Gold," (Warner-Reprise) 16. "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," (Warner) 17.

"Jurassic Park," (MCA-Universal) 18. "The Return of Jafar," (Disney) 19. "Little Rascals Collection, Vol. 1," (Cabin Fever Entertainment) From Page I 20. "Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns," (Turner) RENTALS 1.

"The Crow," (Buena Vista) 2. "Four Weddings and a Funeral," (PolyGram) 3. "Schlndler's List," (MCA-Universal) 4. "Naked Gun 33Vj: The Final Insult," (Paramount) 5. "The Ref," (Touchstone) 8.

"The Nightmare Before Christmas," (Touchstone) 7. "Threesome," (Columbia TriStar) 8. "Bad Girts," (Fox) 9. "Serial Mom," (HBO) 10. "Like Water For Chocolate," (Touchstone) 11.

"Philadelphia," (Columbia TriStar) 12. "Mother's Boys," (Touchstone) 13. "Intersection," (Paramount) 14. "On Deadly Ground," (Warner) 15. "Grumpy Old Men," (Warner) 14.

"Surviving the Game," (Columbia TriStar) 17. "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," (Paramount) 18. "Greedy," (MCA-Unlvereal) 19. "The Pelican Brief," (Warner) 20. "D2: The Mighty Ducks," (Disney) be "off the record." I asked what that meant.

"Mrs. Clinton would like to meet you," Caputo said. "This is a chance for you to get together and have a good time. But you can't write about it." My crest fell when I heard those words, because I knew I could not accept this restriction. I am a professional journalist, and if I'm going to have luncheon with one of this nation's most powerful political figures, then I feel a deep moral obligation to provide you, my readers, with an irresponsible and highly distorted account of it.

I explained this to Caputo, but it was no use; either the luncheon had to be off the record, or there would be no luncheon. So there was no luncheon. I think this is a shame, because I bet it would have been a fun occasion, possibly culminating, if we really hit it off, in my showing the first lady how to make comical hand noises. So in closing, I want to say: Mrs. Clinton, if you're reading this, I sincerely appreciate the invitation, and I'm sorry it didn't work out, and some day I hope we can sit down and have fun on the record, and if it would make you feel more comfortable, you're certainly welcome to also invite you know-who.

(Dick Cheney.) (Dave Barry is a humor columnist for the Miami Herald. Write to him co Tropic Magazine, The Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza, Miami FL 33132.) up behind the governor. "That's all they really need to represent us," the governor's wife told me, "because all we ever do is stand there and smile, and they introduce the governor, and then they say, 'And here is his lovely That's what they always say, 'Here is his lovely even if she is actually a dog." So we see that first ladies can be pretty entertaining, and I was fired up about my impending luncheon with Mrs. Clinton. We had set a date and a time, and everything seemed set until Mrs.

Clinton's staff person, Lisa Caputo, informed me that the luncheon was going to.